1. The Spanish Golden Age is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise and decline of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty.
2. El Siglo de Oro does not imply precise dates and is usually considered to have lasted longer than an actual century.
3. It begins no earlier than 1492, with the end of the Reconquista, the sea voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's Gramatica de la lengua castellana.
4. Politically, it ends no later than 1659, with the Treaty of the Pyrenees, ratified between France and Habsburg Spain.
5. The lat great writer of the period, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, died in 1681, and his death usually is considered the end of El Sinlo de Oro in the arts of literature.
6. The Habsburg, both in Spain and Austria, were great partrons of art in their countries.
7. El Escorial, the great royal monastery built by King Philip II of SPain, invited the attention of some of European's greatest architectures and painters.
8. Diego Velazquez, reguarded as one of the most influential painters of European history and a greatly respected artist in his own time, cultivated a relationship with King Philip IV and his chief minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares, leaving us several portraits that demonstrate his style and skill.
9. El Greco, another respected artist from the period, infused Spanish art.
10. The styles of the Italian renaissance and El Greco helped create a uniquely Spanish style of Painting.
2. El Siglo de Oro does not imply precise dates and is usually considered to have lasted longer than an actual century.
3. It begins no earlier than 1492, with the end of the Reconquista, the sea voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's Gramatica de la lengua castellana.
4. Politically, it ends no later than 1659, with the Treaty of the Pyrenees, ratified between France and Habsburg Spain.
5. The lat great writer of the period, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, died in 1681, and his death usually is considered the end of El Sinlo de Oro in the arts of literature.
6. The Habsburg, both in Spain and Austria, were great partrons of art in their countries.
7. El Escorial, the great royal monastery built by King Philip II of SPain, invited the attention of some of European's greatest architectures and painters.
8. Diego Velazquez, reguarded as one of the most influential painters of European history and a greatly respected artist in his own time, cultivated a relationship with King Philip IV and his chief minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares, leaving us several portraits that demonstrate his style and skill.
9. El Greco, another respected artist from the period, infused Spanish art.
10. The styles of the Italian renaissance and El Greco helped create a uniquely Spanish style of Painting.